\u00c2\u00a0 La forma como los Orioles de Baltimore derrotaron a los Rojos de Cincinnati en la Serie Mundial de 1970 me hizo esperar d\u00c3\u00ada a d\u00c3\u00ada el inicio de la temporada de Grandes Ligas de 1971. Los orop\u00c3\u00a9ndolas de Earl Weaver era un equipo de gran defensa, pitcheo excepcional, adem\u00c3\u00a1s de una ofensiva respetable. En 1969 s\u00c3\u00b3lo los milagrosos Mets fueron capaces de arrebatarles el Cl\u00c3\u00a1sico de Octubre. Para 1971 todo indicaba que los pajaritos sonrientes regresar\u00c3\u00adan a la Serie Mundial. Por mi parte abrigaba muchas esperanzas de que Cincinnati pudiera desquitarse, quer\u00c3\u00ada ver a David Concepci\u00c3\u00b3n consagr\u00c3\u00a1ndose ante los Orioles.\u00c2\u00a0 Sin embargo el \u00c3\u00banico pitcher con marca positiva fue Don Gullett (16-12). Los Rojos terminaron cuartos en la Divisi\u00c3\u00b3n Oeste de la Liga Nacional, que fue comandada por los Gigantes de San Francisco. Steve Blass (15-8) y Dock Ellis (19-9)\u00c2\u00a0 destacaban en el cuerpo de lanzadores de los Piratas de Pittsburgh. Pero los escopeteros de Baltimore luc\u00c3\u00adan inmensos. Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally, Pat Dobson y Jim Palmer ganaban y ganaban y ganaban. Baltimore derrot\u00c3\u00b3 a los Atl\u00c3\u00a9ticos de Oakland 3 juegos a 0 por el bander\u00c3\u00adn de la\u00c2\u00a0 Liga Americana. Los Piratas vencieron a los Gigantes de san Francisco 3 juegos por 1. Los Piratas ten\u00c3\u00adan a Roberto Clemente, a Willie Stargell, a Richie Hebner, Al Oliver, Manuel Sanguill\u00c3\u00a9n y los pitchers hab\u00c3\u00adan tenido una buena temporada. Sin embargo estaba consciente que los Orioles con Brooks y Frank Robinson, Paul Blair, Mark Belanger, Elrod Hendricks y Andy Etchebarren, pero sobre todo aquel incandescente cuarteto de lanzadores de Cuellar, McNally,\u00c2\u00a0 Dobson y Palmer, iba a vender muy cara su derrota en aquella Serie Mundial.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0El 09 de junio de 1971 los Mellizos de Minnesota llegaron al Memorial Stadium para enfrentar a los Orioles y a Cuellar. Jim Kaat abri\u00c3\u00b3 por los Gemelos. En el segundo inning Frank Robinson se embas\u00c3\u00b3 por error del tercera base Harmon Killebrew. Merv Rettenmund lo llev\u00c3\u00b3 a segunda con toque de sacrificio al pitcher. Dave Johnson elev\u00c3\u00b3 al centro. Etchebarren remolc\u00c3\u00b3 a Robinson con doblete a la izquierda. Orioles 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mellizos 0. En el cuarto inning Leo C\u00c3\u00a1rdenas la sac\u00c3\u00b3 de cuadrangular . Orioles 1 -\u00c2\u00a0 Mellizos 1. Cuellar retir\u00c3\u00b3 los \u00c3\u00baltimos 10 bateadores del juego. En el cierre de la d\u00c3\u00a9cima entrada, Don Buford sencille\u00c3\u00b3 a la izquierda. Blair elev\u00c3\u00b3 a la derecha. Brooks Robinson elev\u00c3\u00b3 a la derecha. Frank Robinson trajo la carrera del triunfo con doble a la derecha. Kaat lanz\u00c3\u00b3 9.2 innings. Enfrent\u00c3\u00b3 40 bateadores. 11 imparables. 2 carreras, 1 limpia. 0 boletos. 6 ponches. Cuellar lanz\u00c3\u00b3 10 innings. Enfrent\u00c3\u00b3 36 bateadores. 4 hits. 1 carrera limpia. 4 boletos. 4 ponches. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cuellar ten\u00c3\u00ada un screwball que era un lanzamiento muy poco visto en Grandes Ligas por aquella \u00c3\u00a9poca. Me sorprend\u00c3\u00ada mucho la fuerza que Cuellar le imprim\u00c3\u00ada a este env\u00c3\u00ado. Era un potro loco. As\u00c3\u00ad lo llam\u00c3\u00a1bamos. La gente olvida lo bueno que era Mike Cuellar\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, dijo Jim Palmer en un entrevista reciente. En 1971 Cuellar dej\u00c3\u00b3 marca de 20 ganados y 9 perdidos. 3.08 de efectividad. 38 juegos como abridor. 21 juegos completos. 4 blanqueos. 292.11 innings. 250 hits. 111 carreras. 100 limpias. 30 jonrones. 78 boletos. 1 boleto intencional. 124 ponches. 1 golpeado. 0 balk. 3 wild pitches. 1166 bateadores enfrentados. 1.122 whip. 7.7 hits por cada 9 innings. 0.9 jonrones por cada 9 innings. 2.4 boletos por cada 9 innings. 3.8 ponches por cada 9 innings. 1.59 ponches por cada boleto. Cada vez que Cuellar lanzaba por los Orioles parec\u00c3\u00ada que ya ten\u00c3\u00adan medio juego ganado antes de empezar. Se le notaba una seguridad pasmosa en el mont\u00c3\u00adculo ante cualquier equipo.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Si el que estaba en el mont\u00c3\u00adculo era McNally entonces hab\u00c3\u00ada que prepararse para ver un concierto de curvas y cambios. Al final del juego los Orioles siempre ten\u00c3\u00adan m\u00c3\u00a1s carreras que el contrario. Una vez que los Orioles ganaron la Divisi\u00c3\u00b3n Este de la Liga Americana y vencieron a los Atl\u00c3\u00a9ticos de Oakland en la Serie de campeonato. El solo hecho de contar con aquel cuarteto de escopeteros me hac\u00c3\u00ada pensar que volver\u00c3\u00adan a ganar la Serie Mundial. El primer juego de aquella serie se jug\u00c3\u00b3 el 09 de octubre de 1971 en Memorial Stadium. Dave McNally versus Dock Ellis. En el segundo inning los Piratas marcaron 3 carreras, las tres inmerecidas por marfiladas de Belanger y Hendricks. En el cierre del inning Frank Robinson la sac\u00c3\u00b3 de jonr\u00c3\u00b3n para informar que Baltimore estaba vivo. En el cierre del tercero Belanger sencille\u00c3\u00b3 al centro. McNally se ponch\u00c3\u00b3. Buford sencille\u00c3\u00b3 a la derecha. Rettenmund la sac\u00c3\u00b3 de jonr\u00c3\u00b3n. Orioles 4 Piratas 3. Mientras tanto McNally no permiti\u00c3\u00b3 una carrera m\u00c3\u00a1s y partir del tercer inning no recibi\u00c3\u00b3 ning\u00c3\u00ban imparable, entre ese inning y el noveno retir\u00c3\u00b3 19 bateadores en fila, s\u00c3\u00b3lo un error de Belanger ante rodado de Sanguill\u00c3\u00a9n le impidi\u00c3\u00b3 tener una seguidilla m\u00c3\u00a1s larga. Buford jonrone\u00c3\u00b3 en el cierre del quinto para darle cifras definitivas al marcador. McNally lanz\u00c3\u00b3 9 innings. 3 hits. 3 carreras. 0 limpias. 2 boletos. 9 ponches. 35 bateadores enfrentados. Ellis lanz\u00c3\u00b3 2.1 innings. 4 hits. 4 carreras limpias. 1 boleto. 1 ponche. 2 jonrones. 12 bateadores enfrentados. Bob Moose lanz\u00c3\u00b3 3.2 innings. 3 hits. 1 carrera limpia. 4 ponches. 1 jonr\u00c3\u00b3n. 14 bateadores enfrentados. Miller lanz\u00c3\u00b3 2 innings. 3 hits. 0 carreras. 0 boletos. 1 ponche. 9 bateadores enfrentados. Jim Palmer describ\u00c3\u00ada a McNally como el silencioso del cuarteto. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Era un tipo tenaz y muy terco. Gan\u00c3\u00b3 20 juegos 4 veces. Cuando yo estaba lesionado me sentaba en la tribuna a observarlo, aprend\u00c3\u00ada mucho de pitcheo vi\u00c3\u00a9ndolo lanzar\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. La actuaci\u00c3\u00b3n de McNally en 1971: 21 victorias. 5 derrotas. 2.89 efectividad. 30 juegos. 30 aperturas. 11 juegos completos. 1 blanqueo. 224.1 innings. 188 hits. 75 carreras. 72 limpias. 24 jonrones. 58 boletos. 2 boletos intencionales. 91 ponches. 5 golpeados. 0 balk. 5 wild pitches. 899 bateadores enfrentados. 1.097 whip. 7.5 hits por cada 9 innings. 1 jonr\u00c3\u00b3n por cada 9 innings. 2.3 boletos por cada 9 innings. 3.7 ponches por cada 9 innings. 1.57 ponches por cada boleto.\u00c2\u00a0 Earl Weaver dijo una vez de \u00c3\u00a9l. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dave McNally era un competidor incre\u00c3\u00adble. Trabajaba con audacia e inteligencia. Le gustaba prepararte con un cambio, burlarse de ti con esa tremenda curva y entonces te lanzaba la recta. Adem\u00c3\u00a1s era todo un caballero. Era el tipo de muchacho que hubieses querido que fuera tu hijo\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0El 27 de julio de 1971 los Atl\u00c3\u00a9ticos de Oakland llegaron al Memorial Stadium para enfrentar a los Orioles. Jim Catfish Hunter abri\u00c3\u00b3 por Oakland y Pat Dobson por Baltimore. S\u00c3\u00b3lo en el quinto inning Oakland pudo conseguir su primer imparable, sencillo de Dick Green al centro. S\u00c3\u00b3lo en el segundo y el octavo innings Dobson tuvo dos corredores en circulaci\u00c3\u00b3n primero por error y boleto y luego por sencillo y boleto. Los Orioles marcaron su rayita en el quinto mediante boleto a Rettenmund, robo de segunda. Boleto a Dave Johnson y doble de Clay Dalrymple a la derecha. Dobson lanz\u00c3\u00b3 9 innings. 4 hits. 0 carreras. 2 boletos. 13 ponches. 33 bateadores enfrentados. Hunter lanz\u00c3\u00b3 7 innings. 4 hits. 1 carrera limpia. 8 boletos. 8 ponches. 33 bateadores enfrentados. Darold Knowles concedi\u00c3\u00b3 1 boleto. Rollie Fingers lanz\u00c3\u00b3 1 inning. 0 hits. 0 carreras. 0 boletos. 0 ponches. 2 bateadores enfrentados. En 1971 Dobson dej\u00c3\u00b3 los siguientes registros: 20 ganados. 8 perdidos. 2.90 efectividad. 38 juegos. 37 aperturas. 18 juegos completos. 4 blanqueos. 1 salvado. 282.1 innings. 248 hits. 104 carreras. 91 limpias. 24 jonrones. 63 boletos. 2 boletos intencionales. 187 ponches. 2 golpeados. 0 balk. 6 wild pitches. 1134 bateadores enfrentados. 1.102 whip. 7.9 hits por cada 9 innings. 0.8 jonrones por cada 9 innings. 2 boletos por cada 9 innings. 6 ponches por cada 9 innings.\u00c2\u00a0 2.97 ponches por boleto. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dobson era un esp\u00c3\u00adritu libre capaz de cambiar velocidades como el mejor. Pod\u00c3\u00ada sacarte out de tres maneras diferentes. Era muy divertido\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, dijo Jim Palmer.<\/p>\n
El 04 de mayo de 1971 los Orioles recibieron en Memorial Stadium a los Angelinos de California. Jim Palmer abri\u00c3\u00b3 por los orop\u00c3\u00a9ndolas y Tom Murphy por los querubines. En el primer inning los Angelinos se fueron adelante 1-0 con cuadrangular solitario del inicialista Jim Spencer. Baltimore se fue arriba 3-1 en el cierre del cuarto tramo con sencillo de Don Buford, dobletes de Mark Belanger y Boog Powell y sencillo de Frank Robinson. En lo sucesivo Palmer dispers\u00c3\u00b3 6 imparables, 4 boletos y un golpeado para mantener sin anotaciones a los Angelinos en el resto del partido. En el sexto los Orioles mezclaron un pelotazo a Brooks Robinson, boleto a Elrod Hendricks y sencillo impulsor de Palmer para darle a la pizarra cifras definitivas. Baltimore 4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Angelinos 1. Palmer lanz\u00c3\u00b3 9 innings. 1 carrera limpia. 7 hits. 4 boletos. 1 golpeado. 7 ponches. 39 bateadores enfrentados. Murphy lanz\u00c3\u00b3 6 innings. 7 hits. 4 carreras limpias. 2 boletos. 1 ponche. 27 bateadores enfrentados. Mel Queen lanz\u00c3\u00b3 2 innings. 2 hits. 0 carreras. 1 boleto. 1 ponche. 1 golpeado. 9 bateadores enfrentados. Las estad\u00c3\u00adsticas de Palmer en 1971: 20 ganados. 9 perdidos. 2.68 efectividad. 37 juegos iniciados. 20 completos. 3 blanqueos. 282 innings. 231 hits. 94 carreras permitidas. 84 limpias. 19 jonrones. 106 boletos. 6 boletos intencionales. 184 ponches. 4 golpeados. 2 balks. 8 wild pitches. 1165 bateadores enfrentados. 1.195 whip. 7.4 hits por cada 9 innings. 0.6 jonrones por cada 9 innings. 3.4 boletos por cada 9 innings. 5.9 ponches por cada 9 innings. 1.74 ponches por boleto. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jim Palmer es el pitcher situacional m\u00c3\u00a1s grande que haya visto. S\u00c3\u00b3lo permite que lo venzan con un hit y una carrera a la vez. La mayor\u00c3\u00ada de los jonrones que acepta son solitarios porque s\u00c3\u00b3lo viene por el medio cuando las bases est\u00c3\u00a1n vac\u00c3\u00adas\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Ray Miller coach de pitcheo de los Orioles.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0El \u00c3\u00banico otro equipo en las historia de las Grandes Ligas en tener un cuarteto de ganadores de al menos 20 juegos en una temporada, fueron los Medias Blancas de Chicago en 1920: Red Faber gan\u00c3\u00b3 23 juegos. Lefty Williams 22. Dickie Kerr y Eddie Cicotte 21 cada uno.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Al final Steve Blass termin\u00c3\u00b3 venciendo a los Orioles y a Mike Cuellar en el s\u00c3\u00a9ptimo\u00c2\u00a0 juego de la Serie Mundial. El juego termin\u00c3\u00b3 2-1 y exigi\u00c3\u00b3 que Blass lanzara un juego de 4 hits, 2 boletos y 5 ponches. Adem\u00c3\u00a1s de un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n de Roberto Clemente.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Alfonso L. Tusa C.<\/p>\n
English translation<\/p>\n
The way the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cincinnati Reds in the 1970 World Series made me to wait day after day for the opening day of the 1971 season. Earl Weaver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Orioles were a team with great defense, exceptional pitching, not to mention a respectable line up. In 1969, only the Miracle Mets were capable of beating them. For the 1971 season the smiling birds seemed to be ready for returning to the World Series.\u00c2\u00a0 I had many expectations about the Cincinnati Reds taking revenge from the Orioles. I wanted to see David Concepcion establishing as a regular player before the Orioles in the World Series. But their only winning pitcher was Don Gullet with 16 wins and 12 losses. The Reds finished in fourth place of the West Division in the National League, that was led by the San Francisco Giants. Steve Blass (15-8) and Dock Ellis (19-9) shined in the pitching rotation of the Pittsburgh Pirates. But the Baltimore hurlers looked magnificent. Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally, Pat Dobson and Jim Palmer won, won, \u00c2\u00a0and won.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Baltimore defeated the Oakland A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 3 games to none for the American League pennant. The Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants 3 games to 1. The Pirates had a great team with Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, \u00c2\u00a0Richie Hebner, Al Oliver, Manuel Sanguill\u00c3\u00a9n and the pitchers had experienced a good season. Anyway, I was aware that the Orioles with Brooks and Frank Robinson, Paul Blair, Mark Belanger, Elrod Hendricks, Andy Etchebarren, but most of all because of that magnificent quartet of starters: Cuellar, McNally, Dobson and Palmer, were going to be a very tough rival in that World Series.<\/p>\n
On June 09th<\/sup>, 1971, the Minnesota Twins arrived to Memorial Stadium to face the Orioles and Cuellar. Jim Kaat started by the Twins. In the second frame Frank Robinson got on base on an error of the third baseman, Harmon Killebrew. Merv Rettenmund hit a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher to put Robinson on second base. Dave Johnson was out in a fly to center field. Etchebarren plated in Robinson with a double to left field. Orioles 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Twins 0. In the fourth frame Leo Cardenas hit a home run. Orioles 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Twins 1. Cuellar retired the last 10 batters of the game. In the bottom of the tenth inning Don Buford hit a single to left field. Blair flied out to right field. Brooks Robinson flied out to left field. Frank Robinson batted in the winning run with a double to right field. Kaat hurled 9.2 innings. Faced 40 batters. 11 hits. 2 runs, 1 earned. 0 walks. 6 struckouts. Cuellar hurled 10 innings. Faced 36 batters. 4 hits. 1 earned run. 4 walks. 4 struckouts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cuellar hurled a screwball. It was a strange delivery in MLB at that time. I was very surprised for the strength Cuellar hurled that delivery. He was a mad horse. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how we called him. People forget how good Mike Cuellar was,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said JimPalmer in a recent interview. In 1971 Cuellar had\u00c2\u00a0 a record of 20 wins and 9 losses. 3.08 ERA. 38 games, all as starter. 21 complete games. 4 shutouts. 292.1 innings. 250 hits. 111 runs. 100 earned runs. 30 home runs. 78 walks. 1 intentional walk. 124 struckouts. 1 hit by pitcher. 0 balk. 3 wild pinches. 1166 batters faced. 1.122 whip. 7.7 hits for each 9 innings. 0.9 home runs for each 9 innings. 2.4 walks for each 9 innings. 3.8 struckouts for each 9 innings. 1.59 struckouts for each walk. Each time Cuellar pitched for the Orioles it seemed like they had half a game won before the umpire shouted \u00e2\u20ac\u0153play ball\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. He showed a great self confidence on the mound before any team.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0If the one on the mound was Dave McNally then you had to prepare to watch a concert of curves and change ups. At the end of the game the Orioles always had more runs than the rival. Once the Orioles won the American League East Division and defeated the Oakland A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the Championship Series, the only fact of counting with such a quartet starters made me think they would win the World Series again. The first game of that series was played on October 09th<\/sup>, 1971, at Memorial Stadium. Dave McNally versus Dock Ellis. In the second inning the Pirates scored 3 runs, all unearned on errors by Belanger and Hendricks. In the bottom of the inning Frank Robinson hit a home run. In the bottom of the third inning Belanger hit a single to center field. McNally struckout. Buford hit a single to right field. Rettenmund hit a home run. Orioles 4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pirates 3. Meanwhile, McNally didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allow\u00c2\u00a0 any other run, from the third inning he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t accept any hit, between that inning and the ninth, he retired 19 batters in a row, only another error of Belanger before a grounder hit by Sanguill\u00c3\u00a9n avoided a longer sterak. Buford hit a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to set the score for the game. McNally hurled 9 innings. 3 hits. 3 runs, 0 unearned. 2 walks. 9 struckouts. 35 batters faced. Ellis hurled 2.1 innings. 4 hits. 4 earned runs. 1 walk. 1 struckout.\u00c2\u00a0 2 home runs. 12 batters faced. Bob Moose hurled 3.2 innings. 3 hits. 1 earned run. 4 struckouts. 1 home run. 14 batters faced. Ray Miller hurled 2 innings. 3 hits. 0 runs. 0 walks. 1 struckout. 9 batters faced.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Jim Palmer described McNally as the silent one. “He was a tenacious guy and really stubborn. He won 20 games four times. When I was injured I would sit in the stands and watched him, and I learned how to pitch.” McNally\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s performance in 1971: 21 wins. 5 losses. 2.89 ERA. 30 games. 30 starts. 11 complete games. 1 shutout. 224.1 innings. 188 hits. 75 runs. 72 earned. 24 home runs. 58 walks. 2 intentional walks. 91 struckouts. 5 hit by pitcher. 0 balks. 5 wild pinches. 899 batters faced. 1,097 whip. 7.5 hits fro each 9 innings. 1 home run for each 9 innings. 2.3 walks for each 9 innings. 3.7 struckouts for each 9 innings. 1.57\u00c2\u00a0 struckouts for esch walk. Earl Weaver once said about him: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153”Dave was an unbelievable competitor. He did it with cunning and intelligence. He loved to set you up with a change, fool you with that tremendous curve and then throw the fastball by you. Plus, he was 100 percent gentleman. He was the kind of guy you wanted your son to be.” \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0 On July 27th<\/sup>, 1971 the Oakland A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrived at Memorial Stadium to face the Orioles. Jim Catfish Hunter started for Oakland and Pat Dobson for Baltimore. Only in the fifth inning Oakland could get the first hit, a single by Dick Green to center field. Only in the second and eighth innings Dobson had two runners on base, first for an error and a walk and afterwards for a single and a walk. The Orioles scored their run in the fifth frame on a walk to Rettenmund. He stole second base. Dave Johnson walked. Clay Dalrymple hit an RBI double to right field. Dobson hurled 9 innings. 4 hits. 0 runs. 2 walks. 13 struckouts. 33 batters faced. Hunter pitched 7 innings. 4 hits. 1 earned run. 8 walks. 8 struckouts. 33 batters faced. Darold Knowles gave a walk. Rollie Fingers hurled 1 inning. 0 hits. 0 runs. 0 walks. 0 struckouts. 2 batters faced. Jim Palmer said: “Dobson was a free spirit who changed speeds with the best of them. He could get you out two or three different ways. He was fun-loving.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In 1971 Dobson left the following stats: 20 wins. 8 losses. 38 games. 37 starts. 18 complete games. 4 shutouts. 1 save. 282.1 innings. 248 hits. 104 runs. 91 earned. 24 home runs. 63 walks. 2 intentional walks. 187 struckouts. 2 hit by pitcher. 0 balks. 6 wild pinches. 1134 batters faced. 1.102 whip. 7.9 hits for each 9 innings. 0.8 home runs for each 9 innings. 2 walks for each 9 innings. 6 struckouts for each 9 innings. 2.97 struckouts for each walk.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0 On may 04th, 1971, the Orioles received the California Angels in Memorial Stadium. Jim Palmer started for the birds and Tom Murphy for the Angels. In the first inning the first baseman Jim Spencer hit a home run to put ahead the Angels 1-0. In the bottom of the fourth frame Don Buford hit a single, Mark Belanger and Boog Powell followed \u00c2\u00a0with doubles and Frank Robinson added another single to put the score 3-1. In the rest of the game Palmer scattered 6 hits, 4 walks and a hit by pitcher to keep the Angels scoreless. In the sixth frame Brooks Robinson was hit by the pitcher, Elrod Hendricks walked and Palmer hit a single to plate in the fourth run of the Orioles. Palmer hurled 9 innings. 1 earned run. 7 hits. 4 walks. 1 hit by pitcher. 7 struckouts. 39 batters faced. Murphy hurled 6 innings. 7 hits. 4 earned runs. 2 walks. 1 struckout.\u00c2\u00a0 27 batters faced. Mel Queen hurled 2 innings. 2 hits. 0 runs. 1 walk. 1 struckout. 1 hit by the pitcher. 9 batters faced. Palmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pitching stats in 1971: 20 wins. 9 losses. 2.68 ERA. 37 started games. 20 complete games. 3 shutouts. 282 innings. 231 hits. 94 runs. 84 earned. 19 home runs. 106 walks. 6 intentional walks. 184 struckouts. 4 hit by the pitcher. 2 balks. 8 wild pitches. 1165 batters faced. 1.195 whip. 7.4 hits for each 9 innings. 0.6 home runs for each 9 innings. 3.4 walks for each 9 innings. 5.9 struckouts for each 9 innings. 1.74 struckouts for each walk. ” Jim Palmer is the greatest ‘situation’ pitcher I’ve ever seen. He makes them beat him on a single and one run at a time. Most of the homers he gives up are solos because he only works to their power when the bases are empty.” – Ray Miller, Orioles pitching coach.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0The only other team in MLB history that had a quartet of twenty game winners in the same season were the Chicago White Sox in the 1920 season: Red Faber won 23 games, Lefty Williams won 22, and Dickey Kerr and Ed Cicotte won 21 each.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0At the end Steve Blass defeated the Orioles and Mike Cuellar in the seventh game of the 1971 World Series. The game finished 2-1 and Blass had to hurl a four hitter, with 2 walks and 5 struckouts. Besides Roberto Clemente\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home run and Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Pagan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s double to bring in the second run.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Alfonso L. Tusa C.<\/p>\n Alfonso\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work has been featured in Venezuela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daily newspaper, El Nacional and in the magazine Gente en Ambiente, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s collaborated on several articles for newspapers, including the daily paper Tal Cual. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also written three books and biographies for SABR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BioProject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c2\u00a0 La forma como los Orioles de Baltimore derrotaron a los Rojos de Cincinnati en la Serie Mundial de 1970 me hizo esperar d\u00c3\u00ada a d\u00c3\u00ada el inicio de la temporada de Grandes Ligas de 1971. Los orop\u00c3\u00a9ndolas de Earl Weaver era un equipo de gran defensa, pitcheo excepcional, adem\u00c3\u00a1s de una ofensiva respetable. 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